Chip Roy and the Sharia Boogie Man

Chip Roy and the Sharia Boogie Man

Immigration is causing some republicans to lose their minds. Trump said in an interview that he might allow a few H1-Bs into the country and the MAGA than thous went ballistic. VP Vance wants all immigration shut down claiming somewhat bizarrely that the illegal immigrants are the blame for the housing shortage. Yep, its those folk coming across the border that are buying up all the $300,000 houses.

In the Vance camp is Chip Roy who is introducing legislation to completely freeze immigration. He calls it the “Pause Act” and says the country is dealing with a “cultural problem about who we are as Americans.” He then says “Why don’t we just freeze immigration entirely until we sort this crap out? Until we figure out who’s here, why they’re here, how many Chinese communists, how many people who are Islamists who want to remake America, how many people that are living on the public dole, that are living on welfare, that are going into the emergency room.” Then “We’re dealing with a mass community that is growing up that have no desire to assimilate and come here to become American and embrace Western civilization, embrace our Constitution, embrace our values,” Roy said. “Why are we importing any human being that is adherent to Sharia law, which is totally contrary to the Constitution and our values in Western civilization?

I guess Roy is referring to the proposed city 40 miles from Dallas called Epic City. It was supposed to be an Islamic residential community. Some called it the Sharia City and was vetoed by Governor Abbott who in turn designated the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations terrorist organizations. Roy may also be concerned about the concentration of Somali Muslim in Minneapolis that elected Ilhan Omar and almost elected a Muslim mayor who was defeated due to a conflict between his sect and the other predominate Muslim sect in the city. Other Muslims in congress are Indiana’s Andre Carson, Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and California’s Lateefah Simon. Roy is a smart guy and he probably knows that Muslims do practice Sharia Law much the same as other religions practice their “laws.” Maybe he wants to deport the Muslims that are here alleging that they are Muslims first rather than Americans. Or maybe he will follow his governor’s lead and declare Omar and Tlaib terrorists.

Chip Roy is in the US Congress along with Omar, Tlaib, Carson and Simon. Do they along with AOC, Pressley and members of the progressive caucus take the Congressional oath of office? “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.” If not, then they should be impeached.

Regarding Sharia Law. Consider that Muslims in the U.S. routinely use religious tribunals and arbitration panels to resolve family, inheritance, and commercial disputes within an Islamic legal framework; these voluntary processes mirror mediation used by many faith communities. When parties agree to arbitration, courts can enforce those decisions under the 1925 Federal Arbitration Act, provided the awards do not conflict with U.S. public policy or statutory rights, meaning private Sharia-based agreements can have legal force if they fit within established arbitration law.”  “For most American Muslims, Sharia functions as a personal and communal guide rather than a parallel legal system. Practices commonly shaped by Islamic law include prayer schedules, fasting during Ramadan, halal dietary rules, marriage contracts, and voluntary dispute resolution through community boards; these practices are largely private and accommodated within the broader American legal framework.”

See https://factually.co/fact-checks/society/sharia-law-practice-muslims-united-states-b4b879

To my knowledge Sharia in the United States is not allowed to reign over some local laws and jurisdictions like in other countries such as France or England.

Why Roy is afraid of Sharia law is beyond me. There is no chance that there will be a radical Muslim takeover of America and an imposition of Sharia law. Do you think that say for instance it could be imposed in Knoxville? Fat chance. I don’t know what Roy is really after but it seems that his professed worries of a takeover by the Muslims is a bit far fetched. I am old enough to remember when John F, Kennedy was running for president and some fundamentalists were asking if his allegiance to his Catholic religion and to the Pope would supersede his allegiance to the Constitution. At other points in time, some others asked the same about Jews in American politics and loyalty to Israel.

However, I do agree that we may be trouble as a country but it is not because of immigration. Recall Roy said that the country is dealing with a “cultural problem about who we are as Americans.” In that he is correct. When 62 percent of the democrats favor socialism over capitalism, when the majority of democrats polled said that they would not defend the country if invaded, we are in trouble as a country. Only 36% of democrats say they are very proud to be an American. Thirty-seven percent of democrats say that patriotism has a negative impact on the country. And this is not due to Donald Trump either. 

Less than 35 percent of Americans can pass the citizenship test given to immigrants seeking to become naturalized citizens, 57% do not know how many justices sit on the Supreme Court. Most Americans think we are a democracy and not a republic. How many know their senators or representatives? How many can name the three branches of government? Hardly no one knows how laws are proposed and enacted.

Justice Neal Gorsuch said that the greatest danger facing the country was “itself.” Here is what he said: “Thomas Jefferson said an ignorant people will never remain free for long and he is right. We need to know our history in order to preserve it.” He is right. This is the product of our “education” system that fails in every aspect. Our public school children are woefully ignorant. They cannot read, write or do math. They do not know civics. They are taught to embrace climate change, DEI, critical race theory and socialism. No Chip Roy, the danger is not Sharia Law, the danger is ourselves. So don’t blame the Muslims for the deterioration of American values, blame teachers including yours in Texas, blame the democratic socialists, blame AOC, Mamdani and Chuck Schumer. Blame Randi Weingarten. Stop immigration? I am surprised that he didn’t say that we should deport the democrats.